The U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) are pleased to announce the first two chapters of the English Learner Family Toolkit.

The toolkit provides information, tips, and resources that EL families may need as they prepare to enroll their children in public schools across the United States. The chapters are designed to assist families with navigating the U.S. school system by providing helpful questions they might ask teachers and school staff.

The topics include:

Enrolling Your Child in School

Attending Schools in the United States

The subsequent chapters that will follow:

Obtaining Services for English Learners

Finding Additional Services for Your Child

Keeping Your Child Safe and Healthy in School

Helping Your Child with Schoolwork at Home

Each topic covered in the English Learner Family Toolkit is divided into 5 parts: (1) General Information, (2) Family and Student Rights. (3) Questions to Ask School Staff, (4) Tips, and (5) Resources. All resources in the Toolkit are available online for free.

The Toolkit does not encompass all resources about services for English learners, but does offer a sampling. For the reader’s convenience, the toolkit is free and accessible online.

As part of the U.S. Department of Education’s mission, OELA provides national leadership to help ensure that English learners and immigrant students attain English language proficiency and achieve rigorous academic standards, identify major issues affecting the education of English learners, and support state and local systemic reform efforts to improve English learners’ achievement.

The 21st CCLC FY19 Timeline has been updated to include an update with the upcoming COSA Regional Training in the SE Region. Please review the attached timeline for all COSA regional training information, including registration links:

For more information on how to create/enhance your 21st CCLC program, please fell free to visit the You for Youth (Y4Y) website – online professional learning and technical assistance for all 21st CCLC programs. Use the following link to search for additional resources related to sustainability, being a new grantee, data collection, etc.:

The 21st CCLC FY19 Timeline has been updated to include further information on the 2nd session of COSA Regional Trainings. If you plan to attend for your region, please review the attached timeline for the meeting information, including registration links:

Kudos to Omega Community Development Corporation (Southwest Region), Community Action Council of Portage County, Canton City Schools (both of Northeast Region) and Center of Hope (Northwest Region) for the work they are doing within their schools, and the impact they are having on their students and in their communities!

If you have program highlights that you would like to share, please email Charmaine Davis-Bey with a brief description and any attachments/links at charmaine.davis@education.ohio.govby the 9th of every month:

Many thanks to our 21st CCLC programs, for their tireless efforts and hard work – in supporting Ohio’s youth and their families!